64 pages : 28 cm

In Heroes of World War II, you'll read about Allied freedom fighters, spies, invisible ink, code names, secret passages, and underground railroads. Discover how people, including schoolchildren, around the world took it upon themselves to thwart Hitler's quest for world domination

Ages 8 and up

Prologue -- Occupation and resistance -- Hortense Clews -- Oskar Schindler's change of heart -- Irena Sendler -- Raoul Wallenberg -- Corrrie Ten Boom -- The spymasters and Secret agents -- The code-breakers of Bletchley Park -- The little ships of Dunkirk -- Tuskegee Airmen -- Pearl Harbor -- WASPs in the air -- Aircraft of World War II -- Japanese-American prisoners of war -- Daniel Inouye and the Nisei Soldiers -- Raising the flag on Iwo Jima -- Navajo code talkers -- The angels of Bataan and Corregidor -- Working for victory -- Rosie the Riveter -- Life at home -- Victory in style -- Propaganda posters -- Animal heroes -- D-Day -- Liberation -- The Monuments Men -- Return to Normandy -- Timeline of World War II -- After the war

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